Tag: grief
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Who’s Calling
The other day, I had a couple visiting me and they were asking me about the book I wrote describing signs I’ve received from my late husband’s spirit. I was showing them the places the events took place in my house, and the phone rang. I completely ignored it as it rang and rang and…
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One Chunk at a Time
The Universe always seems to give me a new project, and this time, it’s to remove a huge hunk of an island that was shoved (by hurricane or tornadic winds) onto my back yard! Those 90 mph winds and 21 inches of rainfall filled the lake and caused such high water that it managed to…
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Sweetest Day Signs
My late husband (Jack) and I met each other on Sweetest Day in Ohio in 1967 at a college “Tea.” We knew right away that we were meant to be together, and we were for the next 54 years until he passed. The grief has been quite the challenge, as any widow of a lifelong…
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Comforted by a Book
In honor of National Book Lover’s Day, I wanted to share a story of a memoir I wrote last year. I was recently made aware of a woman who received my book in the mail as a present to help give her peace after the death of her mom. (You Don’t Know Jack! : How…
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Flashes from the Other Side
When it comes to grief, the lack of predictability is one of the hardest elements. As anyone who has lost a significant person in their life knows, the waves of sadness come and go with no regular pattern. Any thought at any time can spark a grief reaction and release the tears with almost no…
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A Snake Reminder
I have enjoyed the power of exercise over the years, enjoying how my mood picks up after my brain gets a thorough blast of oxygen. These past couple of years especially, with the passing of my husband, I have committed to some daily physical activity to help my brain chemicals with the grieving process. Exercise…
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Alarming and Suspicious
Last night the whole-house security alarm suddenly started blaring, which always rattles me even when it turns out to be nothing dangerous. It’s loud! The control box voice said the smoke alarm and the heat alarm both had low batteries, and they started chirping at the same time setting off the house alarm. That triggered…
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The Second Year
So many people advised me about “that first year of widowhood.” They’d say, “Don’t make any major decisions that first year.” And others privately shared that the second year was harder. Well, now that I’ve been through both, I can agree that, for me, the second was harder, which didn’t make sense, so I had…
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Exploding Gardenia Blooms
I have never seen a gardenia bush produce such an explosion of so many blossoms all at once. That is my favorite flower fragrance of all. I fell in love with it when my late husband and I went to Hawaii for our long-awaited honeymoon, 30 years after we were married. It was also his…
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